Atomic Tweezer Arrays, Generated by Metasurfaces. (IMAGE)

Columbia University

Atomic Tweezer Arrays, Generated by Metasurfaces.

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The team successfully trapped atoms into several patterns, including the Statue of Liberty, a quasicrystal pattern, a grid of 1024 atoms, and a circle with just under 1.5 microns between each atom.

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Will and Yu labs, Columbia University

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